Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Auto license, motorcycle license, television license

When the BBC was established in 1922, radio was a novelty and television was an experiment on engineers' workbenches. After World War II, television became a reality and the BBC expanded to the new medium. All the while, it's primary source of funding has

been a yearly fee for radio and television licenses. Currently, a household pays about US$175 per year for a television license. Most countries outside of the Americas require licenses for televisions and/or radios.

The question being asked in Britain is whether or not non-payment of the license fee should be a criminal or a civil offense. The fate of BBC financing is in the background. [This report does NOT come from the BBC.]